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February 26, 2015, 7:51 pm
CinePlay 1.2 is a major update to our Mac-based media player for video professionals.Image sequence supportYou can now play back image sequences stored in TIFF, BMP, PNG and JPEG formats. CinePlay caches intelligently so it works well even with very long sequences.AnnotationsIllustrate your comments by drawing over a video frame. Annotations are supported for both Kollaborate and locally-stored videos. Changing the color of the marker also changes the pen color to match.Note: This feature is...

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February 5, 2015, 7:32 pm
Cut Notes 2.4 is a major update to our iPad note-taking app for video and audio professionals.Share button profilesOne of our top feature requests was the ability to share button configurations between multiple devices running Cut Notes. We've now made that really easy. 1. Go to the Settings menu and tap Export Buttons.2. A Compose Mail dialog will appear along with a .cnbuttons file as an attachment.3. Email the button profile to an account accessible on the other device.4. On the other de...

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February 2, 2015, 5:26 pm
Video Space Calculator 1.2 for iOS is a major update to our mobile codec data rate calculator.In this version we've refreshed the UI with a darker theme and added support for the Blackmagic Raw 4K codec, in addition to tweaking some of the other codecs.We've also added a settings menu that allows you to hide codecs you don't use so that you don't have to spend time scrolling around them, as well as giving you the opportunity to switch units so that 1 KB is 1000 Bytes instead of 1024.The ...

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January 29, 2015, 5:38 pm
Earlier this week we released CinePlay 1.5 for iOS, a major update to our professional mobile video player.MetadataYou can now view various metadata fields within the app including frame rate, duration, resolution and track configuration. Kollaborate cloud videos will also show any tags that a user has assigned to the file.Note that we moved the Settings button to make room for the new Metadata button. Settings can now be accessed from the Actions button in the top right of the player - you ...

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January 28, 2015, 1:45 pm
Kollaborate Server 1.3 is a major update to our workflow platform for video professionals. This is a local in-house version of the update that already made its way to the cloud.Admin Area improvementsWe've made lots of changes to the Admin Area. As well as many improvements to the UI, we've also added the ability for superadmins to promote or demote users to site admin status. (Site admins can view every project on the server and automatically have admin access to them.)It is now no longe...

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January 22, 2015, 2:52 pm
We've just released Pro Media Tools 1.3.5, a minor update to our suite of media management tools for video professionals.In this version we've overhauled Render Watcher's email notifications and particularly the interface for setting them up. The UI is now simpler and some confusing terminology has been changed to be clearer. We've also fixed some bugs with QT Edit's conform function and Video Check's matte detection facility.Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for media profession...

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January 19, 2015, 5:30 pm
Today we're releasing two updates for our Kollaborate helper apps.Kollaborate Plugin Pack 1.0.1 is a group of plugins for Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro for Mac to allow uploading to Kollaborate directly from your timeline.This version has a lot more control when creating shared links for users outside your project and adds options previously only available when creating links directly on the site, including custom passwords, the ability to hide the download button, setting an expir...

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January 12, 2015, 1:42 pm
Adobe Premiere Pro's export dialog features several rendering options that are not widely understood. All of them are switched off by default because they either degrade quality or increase rendering times, however they can all be useful in particular situations.Render at Maximum DepthThis renders content at 32-bit color depth. Very few output formats actually support 32-bit color but processing at this depth can produce better quality for compositing and effects operations before being sca...

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January 6, 2015, 5:49 am
Kollaborate 1.3 is a major update to our cloud workflow platform for video professionals. We've listened to your feedback and have added many new features based on your requests.Comment overhaulWe've completely overhauled the comment system to improve performance and provide timeline markers below the video (you can switch this off in the new Playback Settings dialog accessible from the Actions menu). You can click on a marker to highlight it in the Comments pane.Comments are now sortable ...